With its vibrant green stalks and distinctive salty taste, samphire is a popular addition to summer dishes.

Making the transition from chef’s staple to everyday ingredient, this baby asparagus lookalike has entered the culinary mainstream, becoming widely available at supermarkets – we spotted punnets in our local Tesco just this week.

Working best with seafood, samphire is currently in season and well worth incorporating into your meals for an extra hit of fresh flavour.

From crab noodles to prawn linguine, check out our roundup of delicious looking samphire recipes to try this summer.